Bed-frame construction



J. F. BANTA.

BED FRAME CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 1a. 1918.

1 ,32 1 1 8 3 Patented Nov. 11, 1919.

Tv ATS PATENT OF I JOHN F. BAN'TA, or eosHEN, INDIANA.-

. BED-FRAME oonsrnucrroiv;

T 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. BANTA, a citizen of the United States of. America, and resident of Goshen, Indiana, have in vented a certain new and useful Improvement in Bed-Frame Constructions, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to bed-frame corner couplings in general, but more particularly to those for use in coupling an angle-iron side-rail to a wood corner post.

Generally stated. the object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved couplingof this general character.

A special object is'to provide a novel construction and arrangement whereby the side-rail coupling 'member may beadvantageously made from angle-iron, and securely positioned to the siderail, and whereby the side-rail-memberwill detachably engage the post-member without danger of breakage, as will hereafter more fully appear. 1

To these and other useful ends the invention consists in 'matters hereafter set forth and claimed, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which v V Figure 1 is a side elevation of a coupling involving the principles of the invention, showing certain portions in section.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 22 in Fig. 1. s Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 33 in Fig. 2. j r Fig. i is a perspective of the post-member and a portion ofthe post. 1 Fig. 5 is, a plan of a portion of the siderail.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a corner post 1 of Wood or other suitable material, and a post-member consist ing of a flat sheet metal plate 2 havin outturned lugs forming hooks 3, these'l1ooks being punched outward from the metal so that a circumscribed opening a," of the same shape as the hook, is left at the' base of each hook. The plate or post-member 2 thus formed is held in placein any suitable man ner, as by screws 5 inserted into the post,

or by any other suitable means The side-rail is of angle-iron formation,

having a horizontal or top flange 6 and a vertical or depending flange 7 when the rail is in position for one style of bed frame or bed bottom. The end portion of the side rail has a slot 8 in the flange 6, and a key Specification of Letters Patent;

consisting of a verticallyrdisposed strip 9 is inserted in this slot. Theside-rail-mem= ber 10 is of angle-iron formation, being a short section ofiangle-iron provided in its end flange 11 with vertically disposed and oval shaped slots 12 to receive the said hooks on the post-member. tending vertical flange 13 of the side-railmember lO is provided with a horizontally extending slot 14 to receive the flange 6 of the side rail so that flange 7 hangs downward outside against the flange 13' of the side-rail'member. With the parts thus assembled, so that the side-rail-member 10 eX- tends above and below. the side-rail, rivets 15 are inserted through the strip 9 and also through the flanges 7 and 13, as shown,

r I Patented N 0% 1 1, 1919; Application filed April 1s, 1918. Serial No. 229,462. r i

The outwardly BX' It will be observed that the slots 12, like the hooks 3, are disposed in pairs above and below the side-rail and'that one hook of hooks of each pairare 'staggered and the slots have the same arrangement. This is for the purpose of more advantageously distributing the strain, and permits the slots.

12 of each pair to be arranged close together, a

it being observed that these slots as previously stated, areoval, and are thus considerably wider than the hooks.that is to say, the thickness of each hook is considerably less than the width of the middle portion of its allotted slot, so that variation or inaccuracy in the spacing or positioning of the hooks will not prevent them from being inserted through the slots; or, in other words, the hooks can be bent laterally out of their, true positions, without interfering with their insertion'through the slots when the side'rail is coupledto the post; and, by positioning one slot somewhat above the other there will be a substantial area of metal atboth sides of each slot, and these and other structural advantages are obtained by this construction. With the oval formationof the slots the hooks are, easily inserted therein and withdrawn therefrom, V

but the side rail cannot move laterally when the hooks firmly engage the upper ends of the slots, as the upper end of each slot is narrowed to tightly pinch the hook. Of course, the upper ends of all four of the slots are so located that they engage the upper edges of the hooks when the rail settles into place on the post.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a bed frame corner coupling is produced which requires comparatively little work and practically no difficult or expensive operations in the connection of the side-rail to the side-rail member or in the formation of the siderail-member, both being simply of angle-iron and riveted and keyed together. The post-member is also very simply and economically made from sheet m tal by cutting it or punching it into the desired shape.

In the construction shown and described it will be seen that the side-rails of the bedframe are reversible, as they can be turned up side down, the couplings being of a character to permit this reversibility. As shown, the vertical flange of the side-rail extends downward, but the side-rail can be reversed so that this vertical flange will eX- tend upward, this being necessary at times for a different style of bed or bed bottom.

l-Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a bed-frame, a corner post, a siderail, and a coupling comprising a postmember and a side-rail-member, one member of the. coupling being adapted to detachably engage the other, the side-rail-inember having a slot to receive the end of the side rail, and a strip inserted vertically in the side-rail and secured to the side-rail-member above and below said slot.

2. A structure as specified in claim 1, the side-rail being of angle-iron formation, and the side-raihmember being also of angleiron formation, with one flange of the side-- rail resting fiatwise against a flange of the side-rail-member, so that the side-rail-niember extends above and below the side-rail, and rivets inserted through said strip and siderail and side-rail-member, the side-rail having a slot for said strip.

3. In a bed-frame corner coupling, a corner post, a side-rail formed with a slot, a vertically disposed side-rail member eXtending above and below the rail and adapted to detachably engage the post, a strip inserted vertically in the slot of the side-rail, means on the side-rail-member above and below said slot to engage said strip to hold the SlCl-1"2lll-1ll8l1lb8l in position on the end of the side-rail, and means to support the side-rail-member on the post.

In a bed frame, a coupling for the end of a side-rail, comprising a vertical section of angle-iron having a notch in one flange thereof, an angle-iron side-rail having its end adapted for insertion in said notch, with a slot in the siderail end portion, a strip for insertion in said slot, and means on the vertical section to engage said strip, so that the side-rail will be locked in said notch, and with one flange of the side-rail outside of the vertical section.

5. In a bed-frame, a coupling for the end of a side-rail, comprising a side-rail end portion having a slot, a strip inserted vertically in said slot, and means cooperating with said strip to removably hold the siderail in position, with a flange of the siderail extending outside of said means.

6. In a bed frame, a corner coupling comprising a vertical section of angle iron having a horizontal notch in one flange thereof, an angle iron side rail formed to enter said notch and abut against the other flange of said vertical section, with one flange of the rail disposed outside of the notched flange of the section, and means to retain the section and rail in interlocked relation.

7. In a bed frame, a corner coupling comprising a vertical section of angle iron, an angle iron side rail, the rail and one flange of the section being formed to interlock with each other and with the'end of the rail'against the other flange of the section, and with one flange of the rail outside of said one flange of the section, and means to retain the rail and section in interlocked relation.

, 8. A structure as specified in claim 6, said means comprising a vertical member inserted in the horizontal flange of the side rail, and elements on the section to engage said member and thereby hold the side rail in place.

9. A structure as specified in claim 7 said means including a slot in the side rail, a member inserted in said slot, and means on the section to engage said member to hold the side rail in said notch.

Signed by me at Goshen, Indiana, this fourth day of April, 1918.

JOHN F. BANIIA.

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